Ligeti’s Atmosphères is a piece that had a profound impact on me. I actually studied the score before hearing it, and heard it outside the film score context where most people encountered it. I think I was in my mid teens at the time. I had access to a university library and a really hip professor that turned us on to some great modern compositions.
I’m interested especially in the way the usual musical devices were forsaken in this piece in favor of big blocks of sound, and the impact that had on the creation and release of tension. I’ve been looking for a way to do my own experimentation along these lines. I found a fairly satisfactory set of tools, and here’s my first effort at trying to adopt this sort of musical vocabulary.
read more of audio: etude after Ligeti
I’m going to try posting some audio-only stuff I’ve worked on in my studio. If you guys like this (or hate it), let me know in comments. I’m considering doing a podcast format. I’m just not sure what the interest in that would be.
read more of audio: space voyage
Another entry in the loop-based funk category. I deliberately didn’t point out the distinguishing characteristic of this tune.
read more of video: after six
This was originally posted on the SuperSite forum (but I am the author and it’s my mod). It originally took the form of several posts talking about the idea and then the execution of the idea. I’ve tried to present it here in more of an article format.
read more of DIY Rhodes piezo mod
I get a lot of questions on YouTube about this, so here’s the complete current look at my home studio, such as it is. (I started this post a few months ago and I’ve had to update some major parts of this description.)
read more of my recording setup
